Biography of the UBCV Fifth Supreme Patriarch Thich Quang Do Thich Quang Do, secular name Dang Phuc Tue, was born on 27 November 1928 in Thanh Chau village in Thai Binh province (northern Vietnam). He became a monk at the age of 14. In 1945, when he was just 17, …
Read More »REMARKS BY SHERIF MANSOUR at the 9th UBCV Congress, Westminster, California 20th November 2011 Good Morning Everyone, I would like to start by thanking Vo Van Ai and the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) for organizing this event and inviting me to talk to you today. My name is …
Read More »MESSAGE by the Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Most Venerable THICH QUANG DO To the Ceremony of Prayers for World Peace, Security in South East Asia and the Territorial Integrity of Vietnam Homage to Lord Sakyamuni Buddha ! Respected Buddhist dignitaries, monks and nuns, Distinguished …
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PARIS, 31 October 2011 (IBIB) – The International Buddhist Information Bureau in Paris has received an Open Letter from the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) to Vietnamese Communist Party Secretary-general Nguyen Phu Trong. The letter denounced the …
Read More »PARIS, 11 October 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – International personalities and organizations have joined the appeal launched on the 9th World Day against the Death Penalty by Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights (VCHR) for an end to capital punishment in Vietnam (1). …
Read More »PARIS, 10 October 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – As abolitionists around the world mark the 9th World Day against the Death Penalty on 10th October 2011 under this year’s theme, “the Inhumanity of the Death Penalty”, Paris-based Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights …
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GENEVA, 15 September 2011 (VCHR) – Speaking on behalf of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Mr. Vo Tran Nhat called on Vietnam to cease recent repression of peaceful demonstrations, release all …
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PARIS, 23 August 2011 (FIDH) – On June 24, 2011, Vo Van Ai, President and Founder of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), a member organization of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was awarded the 9th Special Prize for Freedom by the Italian organisation Società Libera. The …
Read More »VILNIUS, 1st July 2011 (VIETNAM COMMITTEE) – Governmental delegations from 100 democratic countries and over 120 civil society leaders and democracy activists from all over the world met together in Vilnius for the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies on 1st July 2011 to discuss strategies for strengthening …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights